Can’t Invoke Writ To Include Or Exclude Any Caste In List Of Scheduled Tribes: MP HC [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held the court in a writ jurisdiction cannot direct the State to include or exclude any caste in the list of Scheduled Tribes published under the authority of the President of India.The list of Scheduled Tribes is framed by the President of India in terms of Article 342 of the Constitution of India.“Such power of the President is statutory in nature”,...